Adding 100 authors?
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Hi,
I am currently teaching a University biology course that has about 100 students . I would like each of the students to contribute to a class blog about some of the invertebrates found in the area.
I am not sure of the best way to add them as authors- should I send them each an invite ? (seems kind of a tedious process), is there another way? I would like them to be able to upload photos etc.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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If they need to interact more than comments they will need to register here and then be added ti the blog. They can of course get their own blog for this too.
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Hi Mark,
They need to be able to write a blog post, not just comment on others.
So, they need to sign up for an account and then I have to add all of them as users?
Is there an easy way to do this? or do I have to add each one individually? -
We have no automated way to do this, sorry. They do have to create the acct and then give you the email address they used.
You could spread the load if you promoted someone to be and admin too. -
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Hi zoo,
I did this with my students today, I opened up my blog admin to the “invite users” page on the lecture computer and had them write in their own name and email address and invite themselves as they exited class. It took about 10-15 minutes for 50 students in the queue. They checked both the option to be added to the blogroll and become a blog contributor, and then respond when they get the chance to check their email.
But there are some setbacks with the ‘contributor’ method. For starters, I have to do a ‘quick edit’ on each post they submit as it requires being reviewed first. If I change them to ‘author’ it means students can see and publish only their own posts which is an advantage and less work for me and still secure. If they put bad content on there I can always have power as an admin to delete it.
The other thing to consider is how visible you want them on the blog. For instance, I am using mine as a replacement to Blackboard, where I put up class info, announcements, etc. But if the students post something, it gets mixed in with all of these announcements and will get bloated quickly. As an alternative, I’ve had each student get their own wp blog, and then I subscribe to their blog, and show an rss of their blog entries on the main class blog (I’ve done this through making a bundle in google reader, but I think it can be done through WP subscriptions as well, located at the top of the admin panel).
Phew! Hope this helps!
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Wow. This is really complicated. I’m thinking maybe going back to Yahoo Groups where I have moderated many Groups, could be the answer. Easy to sign students up. “Blog” sounds so much more professional and sexy than “group.” Oh well.
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Yahoo Groups is overpopulated with spam. If Wp.com is too complicated, have you considered a Wiki instead?
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